Choose three words from your Words Their Way list. When you choose the words, look up the root of each word (Go to the Sandburg Website, - Teacher Pages - Technology - Reading - Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes) and write down the root's meaning. After that, find 5 additional words that have the same root.

My word:
Kinder
Root: Kinde
Meaning: Always ready to help others and do good; gentle, generous, etc.
Related words: Kind, Kindly, Kindness, Kindest


My word: Kindest
Root: Kinde
Meaning: Always ready to help others and do good; gentle, generous, etc.
Related words: Kind, Kinder, Kindly, Kindness

My word: Earlier
Root: Erly
Meaning: Before the usual or expected time.
Related words: Early, Earliest

My word: Earliest
Root: Erly
Meaning: Before the usual or expected time.
Related words: Early, Earlier

My word: Stranger
Root: Extraneus
Meaning: Not before known, heard, or seen.
Related words: Strange, Strangest

My word: Strangest
Root: Extraneus
Meaning: Not before known, heard, or seen.
Related Words: Strange, Strangest

My word: Emptier
Root: It doesn't say.
Meaning: Marked by the absence of life, activity, or comfort.
Related words: Empty, Emptiest, Unempty

My word: Emptiest
Root: It doesn't say.
Meaning: Marked by the absence of life, activity, or comfort.
Related words: Empty, Emptier, Unempty

My word: Cleaner
Root: Clene
Meaning: Free from dirt or polution.
Related words: Clean, Cleanest, Unclean

My word: Cleanest
Root: Clene
Meaning: Free of dirt or polution.
Related words: Cleaner, Unclean

My word: Harsher
Root: Harsk
Meaning: Phisically discomforting.
Related words: Harsh, Harshest, Harshly

My word: Harshest
Root: Harsk
Maning: Phisically discomforting.
Reated words: Harsh, Harsher, Harshly

My word: Trickier
Root: Doesn't say it.
Meaning: Inclined to or marked by trickery.
Related words: Tricky, Trickery, Trickiest

My word: Trickiest
Root: Doesn't say it.
Meaning: Inclined to or marked by trickery.
Related words: Tricky, Trickery, Trickier

My word: Fancier
Root: Doesn't say.
Meaning: Of particular excellence or highest grade.
Related words: Fancy, Fancying, Fancies, Fancied, Fanciest

My word: Crummier
Root: Crumme
Meaning: Very poor or inferior.
Related words: Crummy, Crummiest

My word: Crummiest
Root: Crumme
Meaning: Very poor or inferior.
Related words: Crummy, Crummier

My word: Murkier
Root: Doesn't say.
Meaning: Darkly vague or obscure.
Related words: Murky, Murkiest

My word: Murkiest
Root: Doesn't say.
Meaning: Darkly vague or obscure.
Related words: Murky, Murkier